Degenerate Political Pressure (was RE: The Wimps of War)

[R. A. Hettinga]

At 10:28 AM -0500 on 2/14/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:


> How would you distinguish the actions of the Royal Navy from those of 
> ordinary pirates?  Just prettier uniforms, better weaponry, and a bitch 
> back in London with a crown on her head, or what?

Sounds about right to me.

:-)

Seriously, just chalk it up to emergent phenomena, and you're not too far from the truth.

Cheers,
RAH
"A prince is a bandit who doesn't move." -- Mancur Olsen, 'Power and Prosperity'
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